In an age of changing climate and people and wildlife on the move, it's not enough to simply preserve fragmented wildlands like those around I-90 in Washington's Cascades. Governments, organizations and businesses must work together to protect, restore and connect landscapes at the scale of greater ecosystems.

Pondering the significance of the Wilderness Act as it turns fifty, what I did Google is the definition of “untrammeled”. This word, the standard by which we manage some of our last best wild places, means “not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.”

Adopt a monitoring team to support citizen wildlife research! We're sending 27 teams out to look for wildlife in the wild landscapes of Washington. Give them a boost, and be a part of the action this season.

It's winter, and a small group of biologists, conservationists, and school kids bubbling with anticipation meet at the edge of an ancient grove in the Cascades. All attention focuses on a wooden box pointed at the forest. Video rolls, cameras snap in the crisp air. The heavy cover is lifted, and out of the box peeks...

Two wildlife underpasses are nearly complete just east of Snoqualmie Pass on I-90. And what better way to entice wildlife to use the underpasses but by restoring native plants! This fall, Conservation Northwest is sponsoring two Saturday work parties, September 29 and October 13, working with the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests to restore habitat at the Gold Creek underpasses beneath I-90. We plan to plant over 5,000 native plants and seeds around Gold Creek pond. For that we need your help...We need you! Contact Jen Watkins to sign up now!

On April 1 this year (no fooling) our remote cameras captured images of a wolverine outside of Leavenworth. This evidence of wolverine presence south of Highway 2 is meaningful - and exciting! - on its own. But now we know more. Newest of our remote camera captures, Cascades wolverine Peg is descendent of no wolverine yet recorded. Conservation Northwest's Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Program has discovered a unique wolverine in the Cascades! Monitoring volunteer for the camera station, Jim Clark, was granted naming rights, and Jim chose to name her Peg, after Peg Stark who helped to establish and run the Scottish High Camp.